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Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The 2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament was the under-23 football tournament. It was held during the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was held from 26 July to 11 August. All the national under-23 qualified football teams can compete. The defending champion was Argentina. The tournament was hosted in England (4 stadiums), Scotland (1 stadium) and Wales (1 stadium). 16 teams were qualified for the final group stage.

2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Great Britain
Dates26 July – 11 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions22x20px Mexico (1st title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place Korea Republic
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored76 (2.38 per match)
Attendance1,525,134 (47,660 per match)
Top scorer(s)File:Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Damião
(6 goals)
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2016 →

Teams

Means of qualification Date of completion Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation — 1 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition 29 March 2012 Various (home and away) 3  Korea Republic
 Japan
 United Arab Emirates
CAF Preliminary Competition 10 December 2011 22x20px Morocco 3 22x20px Gabon
22x20px Morocco
 Egypt
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2 April 2012 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States[1] 2 22x20px Mexico
22x20px Honduras
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition 12 February 2011 22x20px Peru 2  Brazil
22x20px Uruguay
OFC Preliminary Competition 25 March 2012 22x20px New Zealand 1 22x20px New Zealand
UEFA Preliminary Competition 25 June 2011  Denmark 3 22x20px Spain
22x20px Switzerland
22x20px Belarus
AFC–CAF play-off 23 April 2012 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Great Britain[2] 1 22x20px Senegal
Total 16

Venues

London Manchester
Wembley Stadium Old Trafford
Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 76,212
Wembley 22 August 2007 20 August 2006
Cardiff Newcastle
Millennium Stadium St James' Park
Capacity: 74,500 Capacity: 52,387
5 February 2009 21 August 2008
Glasgow Coventry
Hampden Park City of Coventry Stadium
Capacity: 52,103 Capacity: 32,500
18 July 2004 150px

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Great Britain 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
23x15px Senegal 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
23x15px Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1
26 July 2012
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 1 – 2 23x15px Uruguay
Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg 1 – 1 23x15px Senegal
29 July 2012
Senegal 23x15px 2 – 0 23x15px Uruguay
Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg 3 – 1 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
1 August 2012
Senegal 23x15px 1 – 1 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg 1 – 0 23x15px Uruguay

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22x20px Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
 Korea Republic 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
22x20px Gabon 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
22x20px Switzerland 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1
26 July 2012
22x20px Mexico 0–0  Korea Republic
22x20px Gabon 1–1 22x20px Switzerland
29 July 2012
22x20px Mexico 2–0 22x20px Gabon
 Korea Republic 2–1 22x20px Switzerland
1 August 2012
22x20px Mexico 1–0 22x20px Switzerland
 Korea Republic 0–0 22x20px Gabon

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
23x15px Belarus 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 3
23x15px New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1
26 July 2012
Belarus 23x15px 1–0 23x15px New Zealand
Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
29 July 2012
Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 1–1 23x15px Belarus
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 3–1 23x15px New Zealand
1 August 2012
Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 23x15px New Zealand
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 3–1 23x15px Belarus

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
23x15px Honduras 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
23x15px Morocco 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
23x15px Spain 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2 1
26 July 2012
Spain 23x15px 0–1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Honduras 23x15px 2–2 23x15px Morocco
29 July 2012
Spain 23x15px 0–1 23x15px Honduras
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 1–0 23x15px Morocco
1 August 2012
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 0–0 23x15px Honduras
Spain 23x15px 0–0 23x15px Morocco

Knockout phase

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
                           
  A1  File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Great Britain 1 (4)  
B2   South Korea 1 (5)  
    South Korea 0  
    Brazil 3  
C1   Brazil 3
  D2  22x20px Honduras 2  
      Brazil 1
   22x20px Mexico 2
  B1  22x20px Mexico 4  
A2  22x20px Senegal 2  
   22x20px Mexico 3 Bronze medal match
    Japan 1  
D1   Japan 3   South Korea 2
  C2   Egypt 0     Japan 0

Quarter-finals

4 August 2012
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  Japan 3–0  Egypt Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 70,772[3]
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Nagai Goal 14'
Yoshida Goal 78'
Ōtsu Goal 83' 		Report
4 August 2012
14:30
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 22x20px Mexico 4–2
(a.e.t.) 		22x20px Senegal Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,855[4]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)
Enríquez Goal 10'
Aquino Goal 62'
Dos Santos Goal 98'
Herrera Goal 109' 		Report Konaté Goal 69'
Baldé Goal 76'
4 August 2012
17:00
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  Brazil 3–2 22x20px Honduras St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 42,166[5]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Damião Goal 38', 60'
Neymar Goal 50' (pen.) 		Report Martínez Goal 12'
Espinoza Goal 48'
4 August 2012
19:30
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 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Great Britain 1–1
(a.e.t.) 		 Korea Republic Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 70,171[6]
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Ramsey Goal 36' (pen.) Report Ji Dong-won Goal 29'
  Penalties  
Ramsey Scored
Cleverley Scored
Dawson Scored
Giggs Scored
Sturridge Missed (saved) 		4–5 Scored Koo Ja-cheol
Scored Baek Sung-dong
Scored Hwang Seok-ho
Scored Park Jong-woo
Scored Ki Sung-yueng

Semi-finals

7 August 2012
17:00
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 22x20px Mexico 3–1  Japan Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,372[7]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Fabián Goal 31'
Peralta Goal 65'
Cortés Goal 90+3' 		Report Ōtsu Goal 12'
7 August 2012
19:45
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  Korea Republic 0–3  Brazil Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 69,389[8]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Report Rômulo Goal 38'
Damião Goal 57', 64'

Bronze medal match

10 August 2012
19:45
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  Korea Republic 2–0  Japan Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 56,393[9]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Park Chu-young Goal 38'
Koo Ja-cheol Goal 57' 		Report

Gold medal match

11 August 2012
15:00
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  Brazil 1–2 22x20px Mexico Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 86,162[10]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)
Hulk Goal 90+1' Report 1
Report 2 		Peralta Goal 1', 75'

Football At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament Media

  • Participating countries in men's football at the 2012 Olympics.png

    Map, showing countries which participate in men's football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

  • Wembley1.jpg

    London, Wembley Stadium

  • Brazil Belarus kickoff.JPG

    Brazil (yellow) and Belarus (red) kick off their preliminary Olympic football match at Old Trafford on 29 July 2012

  • Millennium Stadium GBR-NZL.jpg

    Millennium Stadium during a match between Team GB and New Zealand at the Olympics.

  • St James Park.jpg

    St James Park

  • 2012 Olympic Football - Honduras v Morocco.jpg

    2012 Olympic Football - Honduras v Morocco (3)

  • Coventry Derby October 2021 - 2.jpg

    The Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England, prior to a match between Coventry City and Derby County

  • Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.JPG

    The match of Great Britain against Senegal in Old Trafford, Manchester

  • Brazil Belarus kickoff.JPG

    Match between Brazil and Belarus

  • 2012 Olympic Football - Spain v Japan.jpg

    Juan Mata taking a corner in the match between Spain and Japan

Related pages

References

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